Tuesday, February 4, 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman / A life in pictures

Philip Seymour Hoffman

A life in pictures

A selection of pictures showing the career of Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Guardian

Monday 3 February 2014

Philip Seymour Hoffman, right, in one of his first cinematic roles: George Willis Jr in Scent Of A Woman (1992). Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex FeaturesFrom left to right: Nicole Ari Parker, Burt Reynolds, William H. Macy, Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, John C Reilly and Hoffman in the film Boogie Nights (1997). Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/New LineJude Law and Hoffman in the film The Talented Mr Ripley (1999). Photograph: Everett Collection/RexHoffman and Robert De Niro in the film Flawless (1999). Photograph: Moviestore Collection/RexHoffman as the music critic Lester Bangs in Almost Famous (2000). Photograph: Allstar/Dreamworks/SportsphotoHoffman at the Tricycle Theatre in London in 2002. Photograph: Nick Cunard/RexJohn Hurt and Hoffman in the film Owning Mahowny (2003). Photograph: Columbia/Everett/RexHoffman in the HBO mini-series Empire Falls (2005). Photograph: Allstar/Cinetext/HBOHoffman in the eponymous – and Oscar-winning – role in Capote (2005). Photograph: Sony Pics/Everett/Rex FeaturesHoffman also scooped the best actor award at the Baftas and Golden Globes for his performance as the writer of In Cold Blood. Photograph: Snap Stills/RexHoffman during a photocall for Capote at the 56th Berlin film festival in 2006. Photograph: David Heerde/Rex FeaturesHoffman accepts his Oscar for best actor at the Academy Awards in 2006. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty ImagesHoffman and Reese Witherspoon with their Oscars. Photograph: E Flores/Everett/Rex FeaturesHoffman and Laura Linney in the film The Savages (2007). Photograph: FoxSearch/Everett/Rex FeaturesMeryl Streep and Hoffman in the film Doubt (2008). Photograph: Allstar/Miramax Films/SportsphotoHoffman in Synecdoche, New York (2008). Photograph: Allstar/Kimmel International/SportsphotoHoffman in the Othello photocall at the Theatre Akzent in Vienna, Austria (2009). Photograph: Karl Schoendorfer/RexHoffman in the film Jack Goes Boating (2010), his directorial debut. Photograph: Allstar/Overture Films/SportsphotoHoffman and George Clooney at the premier of the film The Ides of March during the BFI London film festival in 2011. Photograph: Ian West/PAHoffman in the film A Late Quartet (2012). Photograph: RKO Pictures/Everett/RexRami Malek, Amy Adams and Hoffman in the film The Master (2012). Photograph: Moviestore/Rex FeaturesLinda Emond, Hoffman and Andrew Garfield on the opening night of Death Of A Salesman in New York in 2012. Photograph: Carolyn Contino/BEI/Rex FeaturesHoffman and Rachel McAdams in the film A Most Wanted Man, due to be released this year. Photograph: Roadside/Everett/Rex FeaturesHoffman at the Sundance film festival in Utah last month. Photograph: Victoria Will/Invision/APTHE GUARDIAN